References
Here are a
couple of books you can look at and get some info.
Urban legends books 
Spiders in the hairdo
The Baby Train
The Choking Doberman
Cruses! Broiled Agian!
The Mexican Pet
The Vanishing Hitchhiker
Southern Fried Rat & Other
Guresome tales
Tales, Rumors, and Gossip:
Exploring Contemporary Folk Literature in grades 7-12.
Irish story books 
Irish Wonders
Irish Story
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Irish
History and Culture (Complete idiot's guide to...)
Ireland and the Irish : Portrait of
a Changing Society
The Oxford Book of Ireland
Sun Dancing : A Vision of Medieval
Ireland
The Oxford Companion to Irish
History
The Isles : A History
English fairy tale books 
The frog princess
A treasury of bedtime stories
Faber book of golden fairy tales
Tales from Europe
British and Irish folk tales
British folk tales
The dragon's feathers
Under the moon